President Barack Obama discusses legislative strategies for retaining talented immigrant students and the development of a legal process of establishing citizenship for students who wish to stay in the United States. watch

President Barack Obama explains that resistance to immigration reform by Republicans and sympathetic judges was not unexpected, and while legal battles take place, elements of reform within his executive powers can still move forward. watch

President Barack Obama explains that while his administration is trying to do what it can not to prioritize deportations that split immigrant families, ultimately his executive actions are only temporary and Congress needs to pass immigration legislation. watch

President Barack Obama addresses the concerns of an Afghanistan war veteran who is fighting to keep his mother from being deported, explaining how a new executive action would cover his mother's situation and what other options exist to assist immigrants. watch

President Barack Obama outlines the problems he sees in the current immigration system and how he feel the nation's immigration priorities should be changed to focus more on national security without making life harder for hard working immigrants. watch

A defiant President Obama pledged on Wednesday to do everything in his power to overhaul the immigration system and veto anything that stood in his way. At the same time, Obama challenged voters concerned about the issue to hold Republicans accountable for killing reform efforts.
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When President Obama speaks directly to the Latino community at a town hall event in Miami Wednesday, it will be exactly one week after the first phase of his immigration actions were supposed to kick in. But instead of taking a victory lap, Obama will be forced to address the legal setbacks that have put his actions on hold and reassure a... read more

With just more than three days left until funding for the Department of Homeland Security is slated to run out, the Senate’s top Republican leader said he is willing to give up on his party’s efforts to sink President Obama’s immigration actions in order to avoid an agency shutdown.
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MSNBC’s televised town hall discussion with President Obama on Wednesday comes at an important time in the debate over how to best improve our immigration system. Last week, a federal judge in Texas blocked the implementation of parts of the president’s executive actions on immigration, which would provide deportation relief for millions. And... read more

Jim Wallis, President and Founder of Sojourners, talks about the growing generation divide on immigration and why discomfort with changing demographics is the obstacle to passing comprehensive immigration reform. watch

A federal court on Friday ordered the Obama administration to immediately halt its policy of detaining immigrant asylum seekers as a means to deter other Central American mothers and children from fleeing to the United States.
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The Obama administration will seek to stay a federal judge's ruling handed down earlier this week that placed a temporary freeze on the president's sweeping executive actions on immigration.
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MSNBC and Telemundo will present an exclusive town hall with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. We want to know what YOU would ask the President about immigration. Submit your question below and it may be asked live during the town hall! read more